So many of us are familiar with the nightly battle that bedtime can be. Fighting with your child to get them to go to sleep can be traumatic and exhausting for both the child and the parents. Because of this, bedtime gets pushed to later and later in the evening, no one in the house is getting the peace or the sleep they need, and before you know it, someone is saying things they don't really mean.

Enforcing a bedtime when the child doesn't want to go to bed can be like pulling teeth and it's not pleasant for anyone involved. So why is it that kids seem to reluctant to get to sleep? We'll cover more of the reasons for this in the following chapter, but in short, they're not tired yet. They're still wound up, and they obviously want to stay awake for a reason, right? They wouldn't care about staying up if they felt tired, if they felt like sleep would help, and if they weren't interested in the things that are going on in the house around them.

The theory behind the methods and processes laid out in this book is to fully prepare the child for bed so they're not fighting the idea of falling asleep by the time they should be lying down, closing their eyes, and drifting off. One of the methods that we'll be exploring more heavily in this book is that of sleep meditation. It's something that is best done between parent and child to make bedtime a team effort and we'll cover the specifics below.

Bedtime Meditations for Kids - Vol. 3 features:

• 25 stories written to catch your kid's attention and promote detachment from everyday problems
• Important techniques to help your children relax and fall asleep
• Short and easily understandable contents

This book is perfect for achieving the following goals:

• Learn deep sleep meditation
• Convey a sense of tranquillity and security
• Relieve stress and anxiety
• Help your child to overcome his fears

Guided sleep meditation is a very effective method that allows you to let go of the events and feelings of the day that may be sticking with you.

The goal of sleep meditation is to bring the body and mind to a state of calm that allows for a restful and recuperative sleep to take place.